Egg-case.



PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

I 0. PHILLIPS.

, EGG CASE.

APPLIUATIQN FILED MAR. 19, 1904. I

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No. 778,143. g

UNITED STATES;

Patented December 20,1904.

PATENT Orricn.

EGG-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,143, dated December20, 1904.

' Application filed March 19, 1904. s mi No. 198,932.

T or whom it may cancer-m Be it known that I, ORIE PHILLIrs, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Madisonville, in the county or- Hopkinsand State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and-use fulImprovements in Egg-Cases; and I do declare the'following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thelettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shipping-cratesfor eggs; and the object of the invention is to produce a device of thischaracter which will besimple in construction and provided foreffectually shipping eggs, in which provisionis made for 'protecting thesame from breakage and affording means for protecting the eggs 1n coldweather and affording sufficient ventilation.

The invention consists in various details of construction andcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will, be hereinafter fullydescribed, and then specifically defined'in the appended claims.

My invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which drawings in the views, in which Figure 1 isa'longitudinal sectional View through my improved eg -crate, parts beingshown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on. line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the sections of the crateremoved, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing one of the setsof eg holding members.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frame of a crate having a cover B hinged-thereto. 1 Cdesignates an outside covering to the frame of the crate and may be madeof wire or porous canvas or any other suitable material which will allowfor perfect ventilation ofthe contents of the crate.

similar letters of reference indicate like parts D designates verticalposts which are disposed at intervals between the longitudinal strips Eof the crate, and the inner faces of each of said posis has a groove 1).of said posts project inward from the under faces of said longitudinalstrips E, and each pair of posts which are oppositely disposed isadapted to receive an egg-holding section, a

perspective View of which is shown in the drawings. The edges of each ofsaid posts are also grooved, as at F, to receive sheets Gr of cardboardor other suitable material which may be inserted in place if it isdesired to protect the contents of the crate from cold-or for otherpurposes. These sheets ofcardboard Portions are easily removed andreplaced when desired.

Each of the egg-containing sections of the crate is made up of a framehaving crosspieces N and N, intermediate which are the end oruprightposts M and the intermediate posts O. Said end posts M havetongues M upon their outer edges, adapted to enter the grooves D in theposts D, and the crosspieces N project over the opposite faces of theupright posts M and O, and when an eggcontaining section is inserted inthe crate said overhanging projections of the cross- 1 pieces'N areadapted to contact with the up.

per ends of the posts D and support the same. Projecting from the edgesof said posts M and and O are pins'm, to which the egg-containingclamping members are attached. Referring to the detail views of thedrawings, it will be seen that each tier of eggs is held by fourflexible clamping members, (designated in the drawings by letters Q,)said clamping members being made of two pieces of wire, the clampingmembers upon one side of the posts being formed by bending the wire toform a loop with the shank portion of the wire bent about said pins inthe manner illustrated. By this arrangement of the flexible the entirespace of the crate will be occupied by the clamping members holding theeggs in tiers and with sufficient air-space about the same to allow forsatisfaetory ventilation.

5 While I have shown a particular form of apparatus embodying myinvention, it will be understood that I may alter the same, if desired,as to details without in any way departing from the spirit of theinvention.

IO Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An egg-shipping crate comprising a casing having vertieally groovedposts, a series of S eggsupporting racks, each comprising a ORlEPHILLLPS.

WVitnesses:

Ln'ronnn R. Fox, V. H. RUDER.

